Cryptocurrencies

Vitalik Buterin isn’t worried about coming competition from the central banks of the world.

Buterin downplayed the possibility of countries creating digital versions of their currencies that could rival or displace Bitcoin or Ethereum.

FAO: I share his thoughts. Take Russia’s recent announcement as an example: there is no sign the “CryptoRuble” will be tied to the Ruble. So then what will be the purpose of this cryptocoin, besides that of becoming a source of revenue for the state thanks to a 13% tax applied on exchanges of undocumented coins? Now let’s wait for more details from them and let’s also watch China’s steps after their Communist Party Congress which started today…

Forty-eight companies have joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, including Hewlett-Packard spin-off HP Enterprise.The list of new members is varied, drawn from the blockchain startup ecosystem as well as the IT, finance and academic worlds.

Exchanges & Trading Venues

Coinbase’s GDAX announced that algorithmic trading platform QuantConnect has integrated with the cryptocurrency exchange. The addition of GDAX will see the open-source trading platform extend its existing services to include cryptocurrencies though the exchange’s API.

Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada and TMX Group announced a new collaboration to experiment with an integrated securities and payment settlement platform based on distributed ledger technology as part of the third phase of the Project Jasper research initiative.

Other news

Police arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly swindling money he collected from a customer while operating an exchange handling virtual currency Ripple. The suspect is Yuki Takenaka, head of Ripple Trade Japan. Takenaka has largely admitted the charge, according to investigative sources.